Modules for course V13P | BA/HAP
BA History and Archaeology with Placement Year
This is a provisional list of modules to be offered on this course in the 2022–23 academic year.
The list may not be complete, and the final course content may be different.
You can also view the modules offered in the year 2021–22.
Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
60 credits from:
- HXA-1005: Archaeological Principles&Tech (20) (Semester 1)
- HXH-1005: Intro to History and Heritage (20) (Semester 1)
- HXA-1006: Intro. to British Prehistory (20) (Semester 2)
- HXA-1008: Intro. to Historic Archaeology (20) (Semester 2)
Optional Modules
60 credits from:
- HXH-1002: The Six Lives of Henry VIII (20) (Semester 2)
- HXH-1004: Intro Modern History1815-1914 (20) (Semester 1)
- HXW-1007: Wales: Princes to Tudors (20) (Semester 1)
- HXW-1010: Wales in the Modern World (20) (Semester 2)
- HXH-1011: Europe in the High Middle Ages (20) (Semester 1)
- HXH-1012: Britain: Blitz to Brexit (20) (Semester 2)
- Students are encouraged to select modules that cover more than one of the generally recognised periods of History: Medieval (c500-1500), Early Modern (1500-1750), and Modern (post 1750).
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
20 credits from:
- HPS-2001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1)
- HPS-2005: Work Placement - Semester 2 (20) (Semester 2)
Optional Modules
20 credits from:
- HTH-2110: The Guardians of Heritage (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-2116: Later Prehistoric Communities (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-2125: The Prehistoric Archaeology of (20) (Semester 2)
- HTA-2126: Geoarchaeology (20) (Semester 2)
60 credits from:
- HPS-2001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1)
- HPS-2004: Modern Ideas & Movements (20) (Semester 2)
- HPS-2005: Work Placement - Semester 2 (20) (Semester 2)
- HGC-2007: Cenhedloedd Sbaen yn yr Ugeinf (20) (Semester 2)
- HTC-2008: Stori America 1607-1867 (20) (Semester 2)
- HPS-2055: Making History (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-2110: The Guardians of Heritage (20) (Semester 1)
- HTH-2112: Reformation and Counter-Reform (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
- HTA-2116: Later Prehistoric Communities (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-2120: Rethinking Archaeology (20) (Semester 1)
- HTC-2123: Owain Glyn?r a'i Fudiad (20) (Semester 1)
- HTW-2123: Owain Glyndwr and his Movement (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-2125: The Prehistoric Archaeology of (20) (Semester 2)
- HTA-2126: Geoarchaeology (20) (Semester 2)
- HTW-2127: WALES AND EUROPE IN THE RENAIS (20) (Semester 2)
- HTC-2128: Cestyll a Chymdeithas (20) (Semester 1)
- HTC-2132: Rhyfel Mawr trwy lygaid y Cym. (20) (Semester 2)
- HGH-2133: THE TUDORS: POLITICS, SOCIETY, (20) (Semester 1)
- HGH-2138: Europe 1945-1992 (20) (Semester 1)
- HGH-2139: The Kingdom in the Sun: Norman (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-2149: Britannia Rule the Waves: The (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-2150: Britain in the Jazz Age (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-2157: The Age of the Castle (20) (Semester 1)
- Over Levels 5 and 6 (Year 2 and 3) students must take 2 General Modules - those with a code beginning HGH, HGW or HGC.
Year 4 Modules
Compulsory Modules
40 credits from:
- HPS-3006: Dissertation (40) (Semester 1 + 2)
- Students can take their dissertation either in History or Archaeology.
0 to 20 credits from:
- HSH-3041: Country House Life, 1750-1914 (20) (Semester 1)
- HSH-3045: Nationalism in the UK (20) (Semester 1)
- HSC-3050: Cymru'r Tywysogion (20) (Semester 1)
- HSH-3137: Ruled by an Orange: England an (40) (Semester 1 + 2)
- HSH-3150: Princely Wales (20) (Semester 1)
- Students taking the Archaeology dissertation must choose a Special Subject module from this section. Students taking the History dissertation do not take anything from this section.
Optional Modules
20 to 60 credits from:
- HTH-3110: The Guardians of Heritage (20) (Semester 1)
- HTH-3112: Reformation and Counter-Reform (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
- HTA-3116: Later Prehistoric Communities (20) (Semester 1)
- HTA-3125: The Prehistoric Archaeology of (20) (Semester 2)
- HTA-3126: Geoarchaeology (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-3150: Britain in the Jazz Age (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-3157: The Age of the Castle (20) (Semester 1)
- Students taking the History dissertation take 60 credits from this section. Students taking the Archaeology dissertation take 20 credits from this section.
20 to 40 credits from:
- HPS-3001: Work Placement - Semester 1 (20) (Semester 1)
- HGC-3007: Cenhedloedd Sbaen yn yr Ugeinf (20) (Semester 2)
- HTC-3008: Stori America 1607-1867 (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-3110: The Guardians of Heritage (20) (Semester 1)
- HTH-3112: Reformation and Counter-Reform (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
- HTC-3123: Owain Glynd?r a'i Fudiad (20) (Semester 1)
- HTW-3127: WALES AND EUROPE IN THE RENAIS (20) (Semester 2)
- HTC-3128: Cestyll a Chymdeithas (20) (Semester 1)
- HTC-3132: Rhyfel Mawr trwy lygaid y Cym. (20) (Semester 2)
- HGH-3133: THE TUDORS: POLITICS, SOCIETY, (20) (Semester 1)
- HGH-3138: Europe 1945-1992 (20) (Semester 1)
- HGH-3139: The Kingdom in the Sun: Norman (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-3150: Britain in the Jazz Age (20) (Semester 2)
- HTH-3157: The Age of the Castle (20) (Semester 1)
- Students must take a general module (those beginning HGH/HGC/HGW) at level 6 if they did not take one at level 5